Something for the weekend? XCOM 2 is currently on a tasty sale
If you're in the market to pick up something for the weekend, be sure not to miss out on the excellent XCOM 2. It's currently 33% off for the weekend on Steam, cracking deal that is!
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Starbound developer comments on Linux support and their SteamOS icon
Starbound is a really cool game that has supported Linux for quite some time, but they had their SteamOS icon removed on Steam some time ago. The developer is doing a reddit AMA so I decided to pop two questions that got nice answers.
Torment: Tides of Numenera delayed until 2017, partnering with a publisher
Torment: Tides of Numenera the next CRPG from inXile entertainment has been delayed until 2017 and they have also partnered with a publisher.
Yooka-Laylee, the open-world platformer coming to Linux has a new trailer, release delayed
Yooka-Laylee, from the "key creative talent" behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country has a new trailer. The release has also been delayed until 2017.
OpenKeeper, another open source game engine, this time for Dungeon Keeper II
I really do love open source game engines. Keeping older titles alive on new platforms and bringing bug fixes with them. This time Dungeon Keeper II gets the treatment.
The slides from Vulkan DevDay UK are now on Youtube with audio
While Khronos already put up the actual slides from Vulkan DevDay UK we didn't have any audio or video, now we do. Much nicer than reading slides by themselves.
Steam Dev Days is returning this October
Valve have announced that they will be running another Steam Dev Days event this October in Seattle, USA.
HITMAN looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux
This is one series I had hoped we would get and it looks like we will be. HITMAN (the new 2016 version) looks like it's coming to SteamOS & Linux.
We are now importing sales from Steam to our Sales Page
It may have taken me all evening to do, but that's an evening well spent. The Sales Page will now be importing sales from Steam.
Minecraft 1.10 released, adds Polar Bears and more
Minecraft is still going at a slow pace. Minecraft 1.10 has just been released which includes new blocks and mobs.
Hybrid Beasts adds Linux support for its beta
The cutesy artillery game has added Linux support in its ongoing beta test. Development apparently still has a ways to go which makes this early support extra nice.
Looks like the Linux version of Beyond Flesh and Blood is postponed for a while
Fans of shooting stuff up with mechs will have to wait to play this action game on Linux. The developer has explained why this Early Access game isn’t yet ready for penguin enjoyment.
Star Vikings, a new puzzle and RPG title from the Chroma Squad developers announced
Star Vikings is a new casual puzzle/RPG title from the developers who gave us Chroma Squad. It actually looks pretty slick from the trailer.
Blacksea Odyssey is now fully released, go harpoon something and rip it apart
Blacksea Odyssey is a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot'em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. I've played it myself a number of times and I think it's quality fun.
The GOG summer sale has begun, tons on sale, get buying
It's official, now it's summer. We have the GOG summer sale that has officially begun and masses of games are discounted.
Take a look at the new world being made for Albion Online, the Linux MMO
Albion Online is a pretty great start for a Linux-native MMO, but one of the problems has been the rather plain looking map. The developers are working on a bigger and more varied map and did a video to highlight the work.
Captain Forever Remix, spaceship building and combat meets Lego now fully released
Captain Forever Remix is a really cool spaceship building and combat game that has supported Linux for a while, but it's now finished and it's out.
GLFW 3.2, a multi-platform API for developers released with Vulkan support
GLFW 3.2 has just recently released and it's a major update. It adds support for Vulkan surface creation, window mode switching, window maximization, window input focus control, window size and aspect ratio limits, human-readable key names, window icons and more.
Slides now available from the Vulkan developer event held in May
For those developers and users still wanting more information about Vulkan and developing with it, Khronos has put the slides available online from their recent developer day in the UK.
Build insane spaceships in Defect, defeat enemies and get blasted out of an airlock, now on Linux
I love spaceship building and combat games and Defect looks exactly like the kind of game I've wanted. I've tried it and I think it's awesome.